NWS ALERT – WIND ADVISORY
24 January 2012Sent: 11:31 PST on 01-24-2012
Effective: 11:31 PST on 01-24-2012
Expires: 21:15 PST on 01-24-2012
Event: Wind Advisory
Alert:…WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON TODAY AND TONIGHT…
A VIGOROUS FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE WASHINGTON COAST…NORTHWEST INTERIOR…AND MUCH OF THE PUGET SOUND REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT.
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT PST TONIGHT.
SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…BELLEVUE.
TIMING…WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON…WITH THE STRONGEST PERIOD OF WINDS DURING THIS EVENING.
WIND….SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH…BECOMING SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
IMPACTS…LOCAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES…WITH SMALL TREES POSSIBLY BEING TOPPLED DUE TO SATURATED SOILS OR RECENT ICE DAMAGE. LOCAL POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS COULD CAUSE INJURY.
Instructions: A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS OF 45 TO 57 MPH ARE LIKELY.
Target Area: East Puget Sound Lowlands
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